We all look up to our favorite stars, and when one of them sadly passes, it leaves us all with a heavy heart. There’s never truly a good time to say goodbye to a loved one, and the same is somehow true for people we only know from afar, whether they were actors, musicians, or sports legends. Many brooks shoes of these names you will recognize, some you may not, but each of these people left an undeniable mark on our lives and the world we know today. Some were cut short in their prime while others led long, fulfilled lives before leaving the mortal coil, and some stars may have faded in recent years, but they all have one thing in common: They will be missed. Join us as we take a look at these stars, how we lost them, and the accomplishments or feats we’ll always remember them for.
OMAR SHARIF
Omar Sharif is probably most famous for his roles in Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago, but while those roles kicked off his career in the U.S., they certainly weren’t the end of it. The Egyptian actor was a powerhouse in cinema for over 60 years, up to his most recent role in 2013’s Rock the Casbah (not to be confused with Bill Murray’s Rock the Kasbah). Younger fans might recognize him from The 13th Warrior, clarks shoes uk which also starred Antonio Banderas, or the Viggo Mortenson film Hidalgo.
In early 2015, Omar Sharif was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. He had a heart attack later that same year and died on July 10, 2015, in Cairo, Egypt. Sadly, his mental health had deteriorated rapidly in those few short months. According to his son, the 83-year-old could remember the broad strokes of his life — he knew he was an actor — but he couldn’t recall when some of his films had been made.
TONY BURTON
On February 25, 2016, 78-year-old actor and ex-boxer Tony Burton finally fought his last round after a long battle with pneumonia. The world knew Tony Burton best as Duke, the hard-ass boxing trainer in the Rocky series. He had a supporting role in six total Rocky films, most recently the 2006 sequel, Rocky Balboa. Burton was a long-time friend of Sylvester Stallone and Carl Weathers, who played Apollo Creed in the franchise.
It should come as no surprise that the man who trained both Creed and Rocky on film was a boxer himself in his early years. He was a two-time light-heavyweight champion before he retired from the sport in 1959. After that, Tony Burton tried to cobble his life together, but eventually found himself doing a three-year stretch in a California prison for robbery. While behind bars, Burton took an interest in acting, and in 1974 he landed his first role in the blaxploitation film The Black Godfather.
After a string of minor TV appearances, Burton nabbed a small role in John Carpenter’s Assault on Precinct 13, and then finally went for the knockout when he was cast as Duke in the first Rocky film. The rest, as they say, is history.
GEORGE MARTIN
It’s been said that if there hadn’t been a George Martin, there wouldn’t have been a band called the Beatles. Whether that’s true or not is impossible to say, but George Martin certainly helped turn the band into the international sensation they became. John Lennon himself said that George Martin “made us what we were in the studio.” It’s no wonder the legendary producer was often called the fifth Beatle.
From 1963’s Please Please Me, the Beatles’ first LP, all the way through 1969’s Abbey Road, George Martin practically hey dude shoes was a member of the band, working closely with them to refine the sound and texture of each and every song. After the Beatles’ breakup, Martin continued producing for Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr during their solo efforts, famously working on McCartney’s “Live and Let Die” in 1973.
Other musical acts that George Martin worked with include Kenny Rogers, Celine Dion, and Elton John, to name a few. On March 8, 2016, Martin died of unknown causes. He was 90 years old and passed away quietly in his sleep.
NICK LASHAWAY
Nick Lashaway never became a household name, although who knows where his career might have gone if it had been given more time. Most recently, Nick Lashaway was known for his role as Frank on HBO’s Girls. Lashaway also had roles in The 40-Year-Old Virgin and 2011’s In Time, starring Justin Timberlake.
In 1998, at the age of 10, Nick Lashaway was cast in The X-Files as a young Fox Mulder, a role he later reprised in the 2015 continuation of the series. According to an Instagram post by Lena Dunham, star of Girls, Nick Lashaway was talented and sweet, and she feels “such gratitude for his gifts.” Nick Lashaway was 28 when he was killed in a car accident on May 8, 2016.
ROB KNOX
Rob Knox is relatively well-known to fans of the Harry Potter film franchise — he played ice cream-loving Ravenclaw Marcus Belby in Half-Blood Prince — though he should’ve been known for far more than that. Unfortunately, due to his incredibly untimely death, his career never advanced past that one big role.
Knox was set to return for Deathly Hallows, despite Belby hoka shoes not appearing in the Hallows novel, but tragedy struck before filming could commence. On May 24, 2008, Knox was at a pub with his younger brother in London when a man appeared, brandishing knives and screaming for a fight. He went after Knox’s brother, but Knox (also an aspiring rugby player) rushed in to defend him. Unfortunately, this left Rob with four stab wounds, and he died that day. He was only 18.
A year later, his killer, Karl Bishop, was sentenced to life in prison. Around that time, during Half-Blood Prince’s premiere, the cast wore white ribbons, both as a tribute to Knox and to raise awareness of the knife violence that was sadly prominent at the time in England.
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